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Black Legend vs Silver

What are the differences between the new legend and the old, silver one?
If the black one will be shipped with 2.2 Froyo, does it means that the silver one will receive the update soon?

FroYo is coming to the standard Legend.
Only difference from what we've been told thus far is the black ali shell.

TheLegendaryJay said:
FroYo is coming to the standard Legend.
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We assume...

TheGrammarFreak said:
We assume...
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Honestly I don't see FroYo coming to the HTC Legend, and even if it was then I can you imagine how long we'd have to wait for Gingerbread.

If it's done on the black which for all purposes has been shown as nothing more than a painted Legend with Froyo installed stock. So that show's they've already done the work of making it work so all they need to do is release it...unless there is something substaintially different in the versions.

It is cooler. Nuff said. If it is released with Froyo our Legends will get it too.
Lord-Vader said:
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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I find your name very disturbing.

TheGrammarFreak said:
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Ah, but Mark Moons has confirmed on Twitter that they are working on FroYo for the Legend, stating that we must be patient - there's only one reason existing Legend owners need to be patient
Besides, assumption is the mother of all f-up's, which I am good at
Even if the Black Legend got FroYo and there was no OTA, by hook or by crook we'd get it eventually

i didnt really think there was much of a difference :/ guess i missed something lol

parker09 said:
Honestly I don't see FroYo coming to the HTC Legend, and even if it was then I can you imagine how long we'd have to wait for Gingerbread.
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Gingerbread'll never happen. Not a chance. HTC have just released 2 new, more powerful, phones. Those will get Gingerbread. The Desire might, if the N1 does. The Legend? Nah.

They have also just releases 2 near identical phones to the Legend spec.
The HTC Aria and the HTC Gratia both seemingly MSM7227 based, the same as the Legend.

selling mt3gs what to get next?

so i wanna sell my phone
but whats the next best thing... galaxy s? what is everybody else gravitating to?
so many phones to choose from

I love my Vibrant....just remember the G2 is hardware locked for rooting. There are some sweet roms for the Vibrant. And if you're hot for Froyo....there's a rom for that. The main issue is the Gps still has a few kinks to be worked out....other than that you'd have to pry it from my cold dead hands.
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I would and am waiting to see what is offered during Q1 of 2011... G2 may be "locked" but it's not hardware, besides the Vibrant still hasn't seen a stable 1.4GHz OC.

RavenWulf said:
I would and am waiting to see what is offered during Q1 of 2011... G2 may be "locked" but it's not hardware, besides the Vibrant still hasn't seen a stable 1.4GHz OC.
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Has anyone confirmed if the G2 will not be root'able? I was just informed I may get this as an early present...

fermunky said:
Has anyone confirmed if the G2 will not be root'able? I was just informed I may get this as an early present...
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It hasn't been confirmed that it will remain unrootable. Last thing I read cyanogen and crew were working on it and have said it will be difficult but they will find a way just like they have with other pita phones like ours.

Yeah I just checked the HTC Vision dev forums and they already have a one-click temp root, so I imagine a full root wouldn't be far off.

kkeller416 said:
so i wanna sell my phone
but whats the next best thing... galaxy s? what is everybody else gravitating to?
so many phones to choose from
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Why are you selling it?its a bad ass phone. My wife has 1 and she loves hers. 2.2 update will be soon on it so anything you get today or tomorrow will have 2.2 on it. What's the point? The mts3g is still a new phone. Wait a bit. You might find something ultimate after the new year. 2011 is the year for 4g and its products.
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well its all old technology, old processor that cant do flash, no hd screen...
it is a cool phone and hopefully 2.2 sense comes out and it will be good for a bit, but the newer 4g, hd phones are the way to go in my opinion.

kkeller416 said:
well its all old technology, old processor that cant do flash, no hd screen...
it is a cool phone and hopefully 2.2 sense comes out and it will be good for a bit, but the newer 4g, hd phones are the way to go in my opinion.
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Just because its new dosent mean its better
I-phone is a good example of that...Every year theres a new one.

kkeller416 said:
so i wanna sell my phone
but whats the next best thing... galaxy s? what is everybody else gravitating to?
so many phones to choose from
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Get the mytouch 4g.
768 ram
1ghz (newest chip)
FFC
5 mp
720p video recording
4 gb internal memory (hopefully we won't get screwed with this like the G2)
HTC Sense
No Keyboard
Nuff said!
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Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Desire Z

Seems the Desire HD and Desire Z would be the first phones at the Desire
series which get an update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread:
A HTC representative confirmed that the phones would be upgrading to Gingerbread during our natter at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but he wouldn't provide exact dates. We did manage to get HTC's man to say that the first Gingerbread update would be released within a month of the Desire S hitting shop shelves, but then he changed his mind and said it would probably occur within two months.
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More infos:
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/htc-desire-owners-face-long-wait-for-android-23-gingerbread-update-50002752/

Nice find! Looking forward to an official... we all knew that T-Mobile US would be dead last to get it

We are getting Gingerbread officially? GOTTA LOVE ROOT!!!!! :

Yes,it seems.Can`t wait for the update

Now official update should be available at end of June:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/27/htc-incredible-s-desire-hd-desire-z-and-original-desire-will-a/

Do we still need to worry bout gbread OTA for G2's even though we can get codes from Desire Z's one?
Fly like a G2

jojo_16 said:
Do we still need to worry bout gbread OTA for G2's even though we can get codes from Desire Z's one?
Fly like a G2
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Remember g2 uses stock android os and disire Z is sense... I don't know what's taking T-mobile and Htc so long to bring it out... but whatever I can use cyan7
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lainvalenajr said:
Remember g2 uses stock android os and disire Z is sense... I don't know what's taking T-mobile and Htc so long to bring it out... but whatever I can use cyan7
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*looks* stock does not mean *IS* stock....

really? im using MIUI 1.25, but usb tethering doesn't work...
really? im using MIUI 1.25, but usb tethering doesn't work...

[Q] Will there ever be an update?

Will the Evo Shift ever get an update like Gingerbread, Sense 2.whatever (Desire HD/Inspire/Thunderbolt), or Sense 3 (Evo 3D sense)? Has anyone said that this will or would not happen?

Really hoping on it. I don't why HTC shipped this with the older version of sense. Maybe for gingerbread update???
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Some others have hinted that we might wait till after evo3d is released.
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creepdogg said:
Some others have hinted that we might wait till after evo3d is released.
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That would make sense (no pun intended ). After all the two new flagship products by Sprint are the Nexus S and EVO 3D so they'll want to push Gingerbread as a feature on those phones before they upgrade the Shift. I doubt they'll update the original EVO though. But in the mean time there's always CM7 and the other 3rd party Gingerbread ROMs. :3

Ron Overdrive said:
That would make sense (no pun intended ). After all the two new flagship products by Sprint are the Nexus S and EVO 3D so they'll want to push Gingerbread as a feature on those phones before they upgrade the Shift. I doubt they'll update the original EVO though. But in the mean time there's always CM7 and the other 3rd party Gingerbread ROMs. :3
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im pretty sure they'll update the original evo. that's one of their most popular phones even today

e240 said:
im pretty sure they'll update the original evo. that's one of their most popular phones even today
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I'm pretty sure the EVO 3D will become the new flagship product when its released this summer and over shadow the popularity of the original EVO. Even if the whole 3D thing doesn't take off its still a superior design and you can bet Sprint will be pushing that fact.

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I'm pretty sure the EVO 3D will become the new flagship product when its released this summer and over shadow the popularity of the original EVO. Even if the whole 3D thing doesn't take off its still a superior design and you can bet Sprint will be pushing that fact.
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There's no way that the EVO or EVO Shift won't receive @ least the next 2 O/S updates. The backlash that would result if it doesn't would be ridiculous, even by Sprint standards.

Thats what they said about the moment too and that didn't turn out well lol
pwrmedia said:
There's no way that the EVO or EVO Shift won't receive @ least the next 2 O/S updates. The backlash that would result if it doesn't would be ridiculous, even by Sprint standards.
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foxsdaddy67 said:
Thats what they said about the moment too and that didn't turn out well lol
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Even the Moment got updated from 1.6 to 2.1. It really would be absurd for the Evo Shift to not at get at least one OS update.

jesusice said:
Even the Moment got updated from 1.6 to 2.1. It really would be absurd for the Evo Shift to not at get at least one OS update.
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I'm pretty sure the Shift will get the next update or 2 as it came out recently. The EVO has been around a while though and the EVO 3D looks as if its been purposely designed to be the original EVO's successor. From a business standpoint it doesn't make sense to continue long-term support for a device that has been replaced. Its with that in mind that I say I doubt the EVO will get Gingerbread.

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I'm pretty sure the Shift will get the next update or 2 as it came out recently. The EVO has been around a while though and the EVO 3D looks as if its been purposely designed to be the original EVO's successor. From a business standpoint it doesn't make sense to continue long-term support for a device that has been replaced. Its with that in mind that I say I doubt the EVO will get Gingerbread.
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The evo hasn't even been out for a year.... it makes sense to update products in order to keep current customers happy and willing to keep a contract with you.
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Will there ever be an update? Nah

So no? Okay

EricSS619 said:
The evo hasn't even been out for a year.... it makes sense to update products in order to keep current customers happy and willing to keep a contract with you.
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Yeah, and with googles new 18 month lifetime policy, who knows what the og evo will get.
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I really doubt that the Evo Shift will get a major update anytime soon to Gingerbread 2.3.3 or something. But it makes me wonder what Google is going to do with their new Ice Cream Sandwich version that was mentioned at I/O

There is a leak in the dev section for 2.3.3 gingerbread with sense 2.1. Reupping now if you want to try. Not the first post, read the later ones for a flashable zip.
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gtkansan said:
There is a leak in the dev section for 2.3.3 gingerbread with sense 2.1.
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One o fthe things I dont get is why HTC uses some of their own apps, when the Google supplied ones are clearly much better - for example, Gallery versus HTC's Gallery.

RickNY1971 said:
One o fthe things I dont get is why HTC uses some of their own apps, when the Google supplied ones are clearly much better - for example, Gallery versus HTC's Gallery.
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Clearly to you. Many people disagree. I prefer Goog's but only because of Picasa integration.
^ Shift Faced

finally a (possible) upadate for the shift 4g
head over to android central to see the new gingerbread leak on the evo shift 4g, if this is true then the shift is going to run so much faster with sense 2.1

im.nick.hello said:
head over to android central to see the new gingerbread leak on the evo shift 4g, if this is true then the shift is going to run so much faster with sense 2.1
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The AC thread about the thread that's already posted here on XDA?
^ Shift Faced

HTC Legend definitely not receiving Android 2.3

I contacted HTC to ask if we will get the 2.3 update:
Will the HTC Legend receive the Android 2.3 update?
HTC replied with the following:
Thank you for contacting HTC.
No, the HTC Legend will not be receiving the Gingerbread update. Android 2.3
I noticed that a lot of people were wondering if we were going to get Android 2.3 or HTC Sense 3.0, so I thought I'd contact them myself.
I hope this clears up any mess
Here's the e-mail:
http://imageshack.us/f/101/unlednzb.png/

Yeah I heard the desire was getting it sans some sense apps... apparently they require too much RAM or something .. I don't know why they can't push 2.3 with the same old sense...
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The Desire has more RAM and the exact same ROM as the Wildfire S, which runs Gingerbread on the New Sense just fine! Minus HTC Locations, but that's all I noticed was missing!
...or is there some spec I'm missing?

Asovse1 said:
The Desire has more RAM and the exact same ROM as the Wildfire S, which runs Gingerbread on the New Sense just fine! Minus HTC Locations, but that's all I noticed was missing!
...or is there some spec I'm missing?
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No, basically HTC have lied once again, to the Desire owners this time. Tbh I've lost all faith in HTC, I quite like my Legend still now that it is rooted, but next year when my contract runs out I'll get a different Android phone, possibly a Samsung or a Google Nexus phone depending on what's around at the time.

Everyone seems to be forgetting about htc developer site, im pretty sure its going to be quite like Android Source with teh ability to build from source like Cyanogenmod?!

I'm running 2.3.3 with sense 2.1 from ogo2 with no performance issues, it's obvious to me they want to push people to buy new phones.
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alexhtclegend said:
No, basically HTC have lied once again, to the Desire owners this time. Tbh I've lost all faith in HTC, I quite like my Legend still now that it is rooted, but next year when my contract runs out I'll get a different Android phone, possibly a Samsung or a Google Nexus phone depending on what's around at the time.
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Yeah, they were being lazy (or deceiving) when they said INITIALLY that the Desire was not receiving Gingerbread. Two days later, they must have realized this or someone must've pointed out their lie by analyzing specs on their current generation phones, because they decided to pump Desire with Gingerbread once more.
Stupidity, stupidity.

Good point bonesy
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bonesy said:
Everyone seems to be forgetting about htc developer site, im pretty sure its going to be quite like Android Source with teh ability to build from source like Cyanogenmod?!
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Lets hope so, I like HTC Sense personally so it'd be great to see some more HTC Sense ROMs as the Legend doesn't have very many. Tbh we hardly have any non-HTC Sense ROMs either though!

alexhtclegend said:
Lets hope so, I like HTC Sense personally so it'd be great to see some more HTC Sense ROMs as the Legend doesn't have very many. Tbh we hardly have any non-HTC Sense ROMs either though!
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I agree. With the new HTC Developers site, we are bound to get new ROM's

Everyone reading this, flash Cyanogen 7 for Legend and you will never look back. It's Gingerbread and better than stock Gingerbread and better than any Sense Gingerbread HTC would give us..

Snowtoad23 said:
Everyone reading this, flash Cyanogen 7 for Legend and you will never look back. It's Gingerbread and better than stock Gingerbread and better than any Sense Gingerbread HTC would give us..
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Totally agreed. Why would you wait for official Gingerbread when you have one on Cyanogen 7? Which is freakin' amazing!

Mafuzzer said:
I agree. With the new HTC Developers site, we are bound to get new ROM's
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Well, than you've better get starting cooking these ROMs, cuz I don't see any one else willing to do so. There's about 10 people on this forum that care about this phone, including 3 guys that have the knowledge and skillz to make a fully working ROM. I don't wanna sound pessimistic, but the Legend I kinda dead in terms of development.
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cyRq said:
Well, than you've better get starting cooking these ROMs, cuz I don't see any one else willing to do so. There's about 10 people on this forum that care about this phone, including 3 guys that have the knowledge and skillz to make a fully working ROM. I don't wanna sound pessimistic, but the Legend I kinda dead in terms of development.
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I suppose you are right. The Legend is a phone that is soon going to become unsupported by dev's.
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Everyone reading this, flash Cyanogen 7 for Legend and you will never look back. It's Gingerbread and better than stock Gingerbread and better than any Sense Gingerbread HTC would give us..
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I personally love the speed of it. But in my opinion, I think that the stable version isn't exactly stable. I keep getting random reboots and right now, my Messages Application won't open :/

And that's one reason why I sold my Legend to my brother, little or no updates in the OS version from HTC.

I prefer sense to be honest, Dont like any launcher apart from rosie as nothing compares to it!

this really doesn't surprise me, newer models are out. So HTC would be 'forcing' you to get a newer phone

Yep cm7 works for me
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Personally I don't care about newer versions of Android on Legend. There's no feature in 2.3 or later that would significantly enhance my productivity compared to 2.2 or 2.1. I think I can use my Legend as is at least for the next year or so.
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I really like the new feel of the new sense.. It us just a matter of time before we see it on or legend.. Ogo2 its very close.. I would also like to just see the new framework integrated into blay0's ROM
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